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Salado Springs is the name of five groups of springs at the town of Salado in Bell County, Texas, in the United States.〔Gunnar Brune. 2008〕 The springs are located 48 miles (77 km) north of Austin or 135 miles (217 km) south of Dallas. The springs, which are not saline (''salado'' is Spanish for "salty"), were likely named for Salado Creek. ==Geography and natural history== The Salado Springs are located in the Balcones Fault zone, and they reach the surface through artesian pressure by way of faults in the Cretaceous Edwards limestone. The main recharge area for the springs is probably several miles to the southwest in Williamson County, where several faults intersect with Salado Creek. The larger of the springs include Robertson Springs, Big Boiling Spring, Elm, Benedict, and Anderson springs. The latter three are located downstream (east) of the others. During the 1980s, the combined flow from all of the springs averaged approximately 122 gallons (460 liters) per second. The Balcones Fault Zone at Barton Springs is a demarcation line for certain ecological systems and species distributions. For example, the California Fan Palm, ''Washingtonia filifera'' is distributed strictly west of Barton Springs or the Balcones Fault.〔C. Michael Hogan. 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salado Springs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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